Re: [Usability] User centered redesign of desktop preferences

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Maarten wrote:

> Hmm it does seem a bit much. You could divide the applet in the
> following pieces:
> -User pictures. (Different representations of you)
> -Profiles  (Desktop customizations fitting user identity)

Should this also contain for instance the sound-juicer sound profile?

> -Location. (regional specific settings)
> -Communication (email/aim settings).

Sounds reasonable. For this to work, I would add "levels of disclosure" 
like Orkut has, so you can specify that your e-mail address is visible 
to the public but your IM only to friends and your postal address to 
relatives. No, I don't know how this should be implemented in practice.

> This is how the computer dialog looks on my desktop (garnome 2.9.90):
> http://home.wanadoo.nl/sbm/pictures/Computer.png

<translator hat>
Shouldn't you be testing the Dutch translation? :-s
</translator hat>

> The contents has no relation to the concept "computer" from the users 
> point of view.

> computer with the outside available here. It is more like the network
> folder only then mixed with services available to the whole system. Or

OK, I see where you're coming from.
Would the 'Outside' folder (this should be renamed to something better) 
also replace the Network servers location in Nautilus, so that we get 
something like a Network Neighbourhood on steroids?

> This is indeed a bit inconsistent. Only somehow I am not able to make 
> screenshots of menus, making discussion on this stuff a bit difficult.

Tip of the day: Use gnome-panel-screenshot --delay.

regards,

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